Our position -- and Allah knows best --
regarding the correct recitation of al-Fatiha is that stated in
the Hanafi scholar al-Haskafi's manual of fiqh entitled al-Durr
al-mukhtar where he says:

The following is a poem written by
Ahmad Ibn Kamal Pasha on the sejawands (marks of
subdivision) in the Qur'an:

Jeem: [ waqf Ja'iz]
Permissible to pass by it, and proper too, better to stop
when you see it, though.

Zaa': [ waqf mujawwaZ]
You are free to stop, and so have they done. But they
have deemed it better to read on.

Tah: [ waqf muTlaq]
It is an absolute sign of stop; wherever you see it be
sure to stop!

Saad: [ waqf murakhkhaS]
"Stopping is permissible," they have said; so
they have allowed you to take a breath.

Meem: [ waqf laziM]
Absolutely necessary to stop for it; fear of disbelief is
in passing by it!

Laa: [ nahy] "No pause!"
is its meaning, everywhere; never stop! Nor breathe,
anywhere! Now perfect your reading with this recipe, and
gift its thawab to Muslims before thee!

[The letter `ayn means ruku'. It means that when
conducting prayer in jama`a, Hadrat `Umar al-Faruq used to
stop reciting the Qur'an while standing and bow for the ruku`.
This sign, `ayn, always comes at the end of ayats.
If you stop at the place where the sign la is, you must begin
reading with the previous word. When you stop at the end of a
verse, you do not have to repeat the previous word.]"

Below are the recitation-marks of the Fatiha as
found in the mushafs of Ahl al-Sunnawa
al-Jama`a which all can verify in their mosques and homes: [Bismillah
al-Rahman al-Rahim]

al-hamdu lillahi rabbi al-`alamin

al-rahmani al-rahimi

maliki yawmi al-din

iyyaka na`budu wa iyyaka nasta`in

ihdina al-sirata al-mustaqimi

sirata al-ladhina an`amta `alayhim

ghayri al-maghdubi `alayhim wa la al-dallin

Even if one does not always recite according to
the above instructions, at least let him make sure that his mushaf
has them so that he can avail himself of their benefit, as there
are many mushafs being circulated nowadays from which
these marks have been removed!